[LAD] GPL Violation Alert! - Sorry if this is a duplicate

[Arnold Krille]

On Tuesday 04 August 2009 09:33:22 Nick Bailey wrote:
> On Monday 03 Aug 2009 21:29:48 Michael Fisher wrote:
> > No problem.  It's not really fair to put a 'skin' around free software,
> > call it your own, and then sell it.  The only thing I ask is that my
> > name be left out of the letter that may be written to them.  The reason
> > is, that I personally know one of the staff members at the Beat Kangz. I
> > just would hate to have it cause any trouble.  My friend personally
> > doesn't have anything to do with this violation, he just works for
> > them.  I hope that isn't a problem with you.
>
> Well, calling it your own is out of order, but as long as they release
> their source code as required by the GPL, then selling it is a Good Thing
> (TM). I hope the LADs agree with me. I would certainly be delighted if my
> GPL'd stuff (which isn't directly related to LAD) got sold. It would mean
> more GPL'd applications.

Please be aware that (last time I checked) the gpl doesn't talk about giving 
access to all gpl-code you use. Only if you change something you have to make 
your changes available for free.
So if they just use the plugins without any modification, they don't actually 
have to provide source codes. They just need to mention that they provide 
plugins that are gpl.
I don't even think that using gpl-ladspa-plugins makes their software gpl 
because the linking happens at run-time (if at all). And if the plugins are 
lgpl they can even link their closed-source stuff to them. But here people with 
more knowledge should chime in.

Arnold
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